[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"festival-awards-8584-2026":3},{"festival":4,"years":20,"year":22,"notes":24,"awards":26,"news":148},{"entryId":5,"urlTitle":6,"status":7,"name":8,"originalName":9,"alsoKnownAs":10,"logo":11,"logoAppearance":12,"logoOg":18,"about":19,"isManaged":15},8584,"riff-reykjavik-international-film-festival-iceland","open","RIFF - Reykjavik International Film Festival","",[],"\u002Fimg\u002Ffestivals\u002F_th600\u002Friff-wordmark.png",{"mode":13,"edge":14,"edgeLight":15,"plateLight":16,"plateDark":17,"og":18},"plate",null,false,"dark","none","\u002Fimg\u002F_og\u002Flogo-68827.jpg?v=b7e9e43e","Cinema screenings in swimming pools and caves are among the formats of Reykjavík International Film Festival (RIFF), alongside its regular cinema programme in Iceland's capital. Its New Visions competition concentrates on directors' first and second features, with the Golden Puffin as the main prize. The programme features international fiction, documentaries and shorts, with separate attention to Icelandic cinema. The festival dates back to 2004 and runs for eleven days each autumn. Its work also extends beyond the festival through screenings, filmmaking workshops and school programmes across Iceland. The Talent Lab and Industry Days provide dedicated activities for filmmakers.",[21],{"year":22,"hasAwards":23,"hasSelection":23},"2026",true,[25],"Reykjavík’s 23rd International Film Festival ran from September 24 to October 4, 2026, opening with The Last First: Winter K2 and turning the city into a meeting place for new voices and established filmmakers. The Golden Puffin went to Marine Atlan’s La Gradiva. The New Visions jury, chaired by João Pedro Rodrigues alongside Ísold Uggadóttir and Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir, also gave a special mention to Jack Auen and Kevin Walker’s Chronovisor.\n\nIn the documentary competition, Camille Bildsøe’s If Luck Will Come won the A Different Tomorrow Award, while Lana Daher’s Do You Love Me received a special mention. That jury brought together Susan Wendt, Tito Rodriguez and Hrafnhildur Gunnarsdóttir. The short-film honours ranged from Fan Sissoko’s Hold It Together, named best Icelandic short, to Ibrahim Omar’s Nothing Happens After Your Absence, the international winner. Yannis Karpouzis’s Left Behind took the Golden Egg, and the young people’s jury chose Jordan Firstman’s Club Kid.\n\nPortugal was the country in focus, and the festival’s special guests included Maria de Medeiros and João Pedro Rodrigues. Honorary distinctions celebrated Alexander Skarsgård, Maria de Medeiros, David Leitch and Kelly McCormick; producer Sigurjón Sighvatsson received a Lifetime Achievement Award. The awards were presented on October 3, before the festival’s final day of screenings.",[27,40,53,65,77,89,101,113,124,136],{"key":28,"title":29,"info":9,"person":14,"film":30},"1949","Golden Puffin",{"entryId":31,"urlTitle":32,"status":33,"title":34,"synopsis":35,"duration":36,"hasFullFilm":15,"hasTrailer":15,"image":37,"directors":38,"series":14},53442,"la-gradiva-marine-atlan","Pending","La Gradiva","It’s a hot summer below Vesuvius. 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